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This a MR Ep III recast... and my first ever attempt at painting a clone. I know the earcaps are not done yet but I will get to them this weekend.

I painted it up using matte white Rustoleum spraypaint. I used matte black for the browband. For the weathering I used black, tan, and brown acrylic paints watered down and sometimes dabbed on with a pice of sponge or a pin. Let me know what you guys think about my weathering here.

Nice weathering so is it all topical or is some of it sanded thru? i guess in theorie if it was real the weathering would be topical coz there suposed to be made from a white materilal (cant think what its called)
Either way youve done a great job

The weathering is all topical. From what I've read at ct.net and discussing with members there topical is the way to go with clones. It's a very differnet painting process than the layered Fett method. I have used about 3 or 4 different colors to weather with however.

I have some more pics here. I added the vent detail to the back since the helmet had a soft detail. I used some finger moulding for that. The chin greeblie is not centered in my pic but I have fixed it now. Let me know what you think!

Looks great man! The ONLY thing id suggest is thinning the edges/depth around the lens opening. There should be a line there to show the approx thickness of the MR it was cast from. I LOVE the molding mod! nice touch!

Looks great man! The ONLY thing id suggest is thinning the edges/depth around the lens opening. There should be a line there to show the approx thickness of the MR it was cast from. I LOVE the molding mod! nice touch!

Thanks Lou! I will have to sand the visor area down a bit. (I hope I can still see where... )